What I'm posting is similar to what Austin have posted - soccer. Went to watch my first stadium soccer match yesterday partly because the tickets was cheap and it's my last chance to use my student pass before it expires on 31st Dec. The stadium turnout was good. I especially admire the Vietnamese and I also saw the ugly side of Singaporeans. Despite their very small number of supporters relative to the Singapore crowd, they cheered louder with more spirit and you could feel the patrotism (how to spell?) in them. At times, I was thinking that I would be so proud to be a Vietnamese cheering with them.
On the other hand, Singaporeans only jeered but not cheered. To me, that's very unsportsman-like and ungentlemanly. Instead of cheering louder, they jeered. Ok, I must thank Mr Maran for inflicting this thinking in me, Victorians cheer but never jeer. And during the national anthemn of Vietnam, some Singaporeans ignored and just continue sitting down. That's very irrespectful and when the Singapore anthemn is played, the Vietnamese stood in respect for us. And I think the reason why Singapore couldn't win is because the Singapore fans concentrated too much on jeering the opponents instead of cheering for the players whereas the Vietnam fans made themselves heard despite been the small minority.
And it's obvious that Singapore strikers panicked when they in front of goal. Vietnam's one and only chance came with very swift movement and of course very nice to watch whereas Singapore relied on crosses which lacks someone like John Terry to provide the finishing touch. Oh and the place we sat was surrounded by malays (not being racist) who were eating gua zi, and they just throw the shells on the floor like nobody's business. How cool.
On my way back on bus 7, I saw a bar called 'Little Vietnam'. How ironic hur, I guess the Vietnamese can go there and celebrate their win=)
